diff --git a/roles/network/templates/network/hosts-dnsmasq.j2 b/roles/network/templates/network/hosts-dnsmasq.j2
index 1b5d5fe06..8f5ea3e45 100644
--- a/roles/network/templates/network/hosts-dnsmasq.j2
+++ b/roles/network/templates/network/hosts-dnsmasq.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Supplied by IIAB sourced by /etc/dnsmasq.d/iiab.conf
-{{ iiab_hostname }}  {{ lan_ip }}
+{{ iiab_hostname }}   {{ lan_ip }}
 box   {{ lan_ip }}